By Susan Etlinger and Charlene Li Today, Facebook confirmed that it is adding location awareness to the Facebook experience. Facebook Places enables members to share where they are and who they are with, find people near them and discover new places of interest. So if you travel to Chicago and are craving deep-dish pizza, you can see where your friends have “checked in” and what they thought about the experience. Facebook Places launches with an iPhone app, the addition of a location … [Read more...]
With iThryv.com, kids get financially smart
September 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
TechCrunch50 started with a winner from iThryv.com, developed by Shryk.com and launching on September 10th. The service provides financial services for kids, teens, and young adults. As a parent of tweens, I'm definitely interested in this service as I'm keen to raise financially responsible kids. Some nice features include being able to classify spending for tweens as "wants" versus "needs" so that they can look back on their decisions and think if they had made good choices. The presentation … [Read more...]
